Thursday, September 8, 2011

#Hackgate #Whitewash #Leveson is a friend of #Murdoch - the VERY reason Cameron and Osborne appointed him!

Urged: Lord Justice Leveson, who will lead a phone-hacking inquiry, has been told he must 'come clean' over his links to the Murdoch family

The judge leading the inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal was last night urged to 'come clean' about his links to the Murdoch family.

Lord Justice Leveson was facing questions over his impartiality after it emerged he attended two parties in the past year at the London home of Rupert Murdoch's daughter, Elisabeth, and her husband, PR supremo Matthew Freud.

In his role as chairman of the independent Sentencing Council, he is also reported to have had dinner last year with Mr Freud to discuss an offer from Freud Communications to give free PR advice on improving public confidence in the criminal justice system.

It is not known whether he met members of the Murdoch family at any of the events or whether he discussed phone hacking and the role of the media.

Labour MP Chris Bryant last night said the revelations raised 'serious questions' about whether Lord Justice Leveson would be able to command public confidence in his role as head of the inquiry, which is likely to take evidence from Mr Murdoch and his son James.

Lord Justice Leveson is believed to have informed David Cameron of his social links to Mr Freud before he was appointed to lead the inquiry...